Elsie and the Toadstool

The details

Every fairy garden has a first resident, and it is usually Elsie. She sits daydreaming on a classic red-and-white toadstool, chin in hands, wings folded, entirely unbothered by the enormous humans who keep peering at her.

She stands 16cm from toadstool base to wing-tip, cast in weatherproof, frost-resistant resin with hand-finished detail in her wings, dress and famously wistful expression. She is happiest half-hidden - tucked under a fern, at the foot of a tree, in the shady corner of a big pot - where being discovered is part of the magic.

Elsie is where most fairy gardens begin: grandparents and grandchildren build the little world around her, one toadstool at a time. Start with her, and see where the story goes.

• 16cm fairy on classic toadstool
• Weatherproof, frost-resistant resin
• Hand-finished wings and detail
• Best placed half-hidden, waiting to be found